No Genocide in the Land of Papua

The end of this year the Free Papua Organization (OPM) group is still lying by spreading false news both in online media and social media stating the government has committed genocide to indigenous Papuans. Before we go to Genocide, we must first know what the Genocide means. Genocide or genocide is a systematic massacre of a single nation or group with the intention of destroying the nation's means of extinction.

What is our question now, does the OPM (Free Papua Organization) understand what the word Genocide means? If you look at the meaning of Genocide, then there is no name of the Indonesian government to do Genocide in Papua. There are no data and facts that suggest genocide in Papua. This statement also proves the OPM group does not understand the meaning of genocide and members of the report not factual facts or twisting the facts that they are noticed by the international world with news that is not true news.

The existence of a statement from the OPM group that claims genocide is evidenced by the seemingly slow growth of indigenous Papuans, which they presume should have reached as much as 5 million as the population of Papua New Guinea, not 2 million as it is currently an unscientific and foolish statement Why other places or countries are being created. The severity of their increase in indigenous Papuans slowly there are symptoms of genocide.

The problem of increasing indigenous Papuans is slow, in fact one of the indications can be seen from the indigenous Papuans who are also the leaders of OPM do not want to marry their fellow race and race. He prefers to marry a Javanese, eg Filep Karma, Married with Javanese no longer OAP (Orang Asli Papua) anymore. Release Filep Karma overwhelmed the word that genocide occurred in Papua. So he should marry fellow Papuans and make the children of Papua as much as possible in order to keep the original Papua, not even married to other tribes. Not to mention other Papuans who are not married to native Papuans, who automatically no longer have the original Papuans as they wish.

The OPM should also know that the Head of Region in Papua is currently a genuine Papuan original, meaning that the leadership in Papua is a native of Papua, whether they are willing to silence genocide action is indeed true genocide in Papua. If Genocide is certain, the national and international media will broadcast the fact that there is not silence because the task of the media is a proof of facts not just opinions and fantasies, a fantasy for information in order to get empathy from both national and international society.

If there really is genocide in Papua, why do the Papuan people across Indonesia do not run away because they are afraid to be executed, why are the original Papuan students both studying in their own Papua and studying in other provinces in Indonesia still doing daily activities, not afraid to destroy by the state. All this actually shows that the condition of the Indonesian state is very safe and comfortable, there is no threat whatsoever for them.

Meanwhile, the statement by Komnas HAM Commissioner Sandra Moniaga stated that In 2016, Papua is not only an emergency of freedom of expression such as the conclusion of the Setara Institute survey results, but also the Papua human rights emergency has nothing to do with genocide. Sandra said Victims in Papua vary. There are victims of gross human rights violations, victims of violence against women, children who are victims of violence, victims whose lands are confiscated and others. This is also not a fact about genocide, so even though it says there are indications of gross violations it is not part of genocide indications.

Meanwhile, a press release issued by SETARA Institute, Jakarta in December 2016, found that Indonesia's human rights performance index has increased but not significantly. The survey was the seventh time since 2010 as part of the commemoration of Ham's Day every December 10th. This survey also does not indicate the existence of genocide in Indonesia, especially in Papua region. although there is an increase in the quantity of human rights violations that is not significant.

On the basis of this principle there is no genocide or pembantain large scale systematically conducted by the Indonesian state, especially to indigenous Papuans. The statement is just a statement to draw international sympathy from the OPM party for their "struggle" to be noticed internationally. As we know, they are currently making a petition in the field by Benny Wenda / Spokesman of United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) which targets 10,000 signings until August 2017. Later the petition was brought swimming 69 KM in Lake Geneva and will be submitted to the UN Secretary General .

We hope that the indigenous people of Papua are not affected by the petition, because we are very safe in carrying out daily life together with the local government assisted by the central government. Overall there is no thing that makes the Papuan people depressed in the daily life. If there are actual human rights violations from their groups (OPM) who want to violate the law and the security apparatus is only carrying out the task of arresting those who are the excesses of their deeds, their members are killed. For the violence itself, our apparatus is not the only one victim in Papua, it is the actions of armed groups who want the Papua region to become uncomfortable like the OPM group. Their activities have led to politics that want Papua out of the country of Indonesia. Their numbers are insignificant and they do not deserve the name of indigenous Papuans to leave Indonesia.

Therefore let the Papuan community, whether from the Papuan tribe that consists of various tribes, as well as migrants living in Papua to build Papua can come out of the term poor areas, because Papua is rich in natural resources. There is no genocide by the government of the Papuan people. We are united with the local government and the central government to build Papua. Leave thinking thoughts out of the state of Indonesia as did OPM. Ignore the petition offered by OPM, that their movement is only for their interests not the interests of the Papuan people. Thus the participation of the Papuan people in developing Papua then the people of Papua will be able to stand in line with the provinces of other provinces in Indonesia.(The writer is a Papuan youth leader, observer of Papua problem).